Inequality under democracy: Explaining the left decade in latin America

Quarterly Journal of Political Science

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-241

  Debs, Alexandre ^a   Helmke, Gretchen ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

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EID: 78650739465     PISSN: 15540626     EISSN: 15540634     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/100.00009074     Document Type: Article

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